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HTML
<div id="images"></div>
CSS
#images { border:1px solid red; }
JavaScript
// This function will add an array of images to div#images
function showImages(images) {
var container = document.getElementById("images"); // get the #images div
for( var i = 0, l = images.length ; i < l ; i++ ) {
var img = document.createElement('IMG'); // create the IMG tag
img.src = images[i].src; // set the src - the image should be preloaded when this happens
container.appendChild(img); // add the IMG tag to the #images div
}
}
// This one will create JS Image objects from an array of URLs
function loadImages(urls) {
var remaining = urls.length; // the images still waiting to be fetched
var images = []; // empty array to hold the created Image objects
// this function will be called for Image object that is loaded
var onloadHandler = function() {
remaining--; // decrement the number of remaining images
if( remaining < 1 ) {
showImages(images); // if all images have loaded, add them to the page
}
};
// create an Image object for each URL
for( var i = 0, l = urls.length ; i < l ; i++ ) {
var img = new Image();
img.onload = onloadHandler; // set the onload-handler before setting the src
img.src = urls[i];
images.push(img); // add the Image object to the images array
}
}
window.onload = function() {
var urls = [
"http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg391/scaled.php?server=391&filename=countdown.gif&res=medium",
"http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/funny-pictures-gif-cat-love.gif",
"http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g9/cpchick/Random%20Gifs/therock.gif",
"http://www.mobileapples.com/Assets/Content/Screensavers/dc_1owy86mw.gif",
"http://www.pptbackgrounds.fsnet.co.uk/images/powerpoint-countdown-u1.GIF"
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